Attempted robbery, Hamilton
Police are investigating after a man attempted to steal a car from another man at Hamilton yesterday afternoon.
Around 4.10pm a man had stopped his car at an address in Jackson Street when he was approached by another man demanding he get out of the car.
The man was also threatened with a lit cigarette.
The offender has attempted to take the keys from the vehicle but the car key broke off, staying in the ignition.
The man has then become involved in a struggle with the offender, regaining the remaining keys.
The offender has then run away, heading east along Jackson Street.
He is described as Caucasian in appearance, 191cm tall, of a stocky build, with short black hair, blue eyes. He was wearing a dark t-shirt, dark knee-length shorts and black sneakers.
The man, aged 19 from Hamilton, was not physically injured.
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